Steering committee

The GMI steering committee members are listed below. Please expand each member to see a detailed description.

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Stevens, Eric - GMI President

  • Organisation: FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Email: Eric.Stevens@fda.hhs.gov

Allard, Marc

  • Organisation: FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Email: Marc.Allard@fda.hhs.gov

Cammà, Cesare

  • Organisation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Italy
  • Email: c.camma@izs.it

Carleton, Heather

  • Organisation: CDC/NCEZID/DFWED/EDLB
  • Email: wvt2@cdc.gov

Cordevant, Christophe

  • Organisation: Anses
  • Email: christophe.cordevant@anses.fr

Di Pasquale, Adriano

  • Organisation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Italy
  • Email: a.dipasquale@izs.it

Hsiao, William

  • Organisation: Simon Fraser University
  • Email: wwhsiao@sfu.ca

Jianghong, Meng

  • Organisation: University of Maryland
  • Email: jmeng@umd.edu

Klimke, Bill

  • Organisation: NIH/NLM/NCBI
  • Email: klimke@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nitsche, Andreas

  • Organisation: Robert Koch Insitute (RKI), Germany
  • Email: NitscheA@rki.de

Rivera Diaz, Victor

  • Organisation: ACHIPIA, Chile
  • Email: victor.rivera@achipia.gob.cl

Takeuchi, Masami

  • Organisation: FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Email: Masami.Takeuchi@fao.org

Timme, Ruth

  • Organisation: FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Email: Ruth.Timme@fda.hhs.gov

Xu, Jianguo

  • Organisation: CDC, China
  • Email: xujianguo@icdc.cn

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